Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Hammonds, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

Henry Hammonds registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 31, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
12 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Gonzales County

Henry Hammonds

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Hammonds
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
5
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Gonzales County
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Hammonds in Gonzales County

Hammondses elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Hammonds in Texas

Variations of Hammonds

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 24 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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